Bug#530378: debian-policy: allow /usr/share/doc/<package> to point to another indirectly-depended-upon package's dir
Serafeim Zanikolas <serzan@hellug.gr> writes:
> Policy allows a package's doc directory to be a symlink to another
> package's doc directory, as long as they are:
>
> - from the same source package and
> - the first package directly depends upon the second
>
> I propose that that the second requirement is relaxed to allow for an
> indirect dependency of the first package to the second (as long as all
> packages involved have the same source).
Why do you feel this would be a good change? I don't think I understand
what would be gained that would be worth making a change, since we're
still talking about a set of packages all built from the same source.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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